Simple Rails 3 blog

Question

I have an app that I would like to add a blog to. I'd like to integrate it with my current site. I only have a few simple requirements:

• Being able to add formatting (headers, paragraphs, etc..)
• Adding images that can be embedded in the content.
• Categories

That's it! I don't want to start from scratch, so a simple gem would be ideal. I don't want a big full featured blog because it will undoubtebly contain many things I don't need. Is there a gem that will allow me to add this functionality to my site easily, or should I just go ahead and build it myself? If so, do you have any resources that could help me with my first 2 requirements (I don't know how exactly I could make paperclip work with the second one)

I'll be hosting this site on Heroku.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I use Enkiblog. It's small and simple, so you can easy customize it.

And i host it on Heroku.

Answer 2

I stumbled upon this rails app on github: https://github.com/jipiboily/monologue

Was looking for the same solution. Adding a blog on an existing site on rails. Good luck!

Answer 3

I'd go with with nesta

Answer 4

Some rudimentary Googling brought back Typo and Jekyll. They are non-simplistic but you can strip and chuck what you won't need, surely.

• https://github.com/fdv/typo
• https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll